John Adams Institute events start with an inspiring talk, continue in discussion, and include questions from the public. Our talks are hosted at venues throughout Amsterdam and our specially selected moderators ensure enriching and thought-provoking evenings.
Yaël Eisenstat: Democracy’s Cyber Defendant
Polarization, Elections and AI
Apr 23, 2024, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam
In 2018, Yaël Eisenstat joined Facebook as the head of Global Elections Integrity for political ads. Six months later, she left, disappointed and disillusioned, exposing how Facebook profits financially from voter manipulation. In her talk at the John Adams Institute, she will be addressing the outsized and worrisome role that social media and artificial intelligence …
Lionel Shriver, American Contrarian
On her latest book 'Mania'
May 08, 2024, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam
In her latest novel, Mania, iconoclastic author Lionel Shriver investigates the fallout around the fictional 2011 “Mental Parity Movement” in the United States in an alternative yet all too recognizable near past. Dubbed the “last great Civil Rights fight” by its progenitors, Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing …
American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin
Poetics and Politics with Award-Winning Poet Terrance Hayes
May 27, 2024, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Vondelkerk, Vondelstraat 120, Amsterdam
I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, / Part panic closet, in a little room in a house set aflame … I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold / While your better selves watch from the bleachers. In 70 poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings …
